Mnemonics is an intellectual process that appeals to associations to promote the memory of something.
Mnemonics or mnemonics is the intellectual process that consists of establishing an association or link to remember something. Mnemonic techniques usually consist of linking the structures and contents that want to be retained with certain physical locations that are arranged according to convenience.
These techniques may be a special term, expression, or rhyme that is used to make remembering something (such as a list) easier. Mnemonics, in this way, not only appeals to repetition for reminder , but also relies on associations between groups of data to achieve the construction of memory.
Mnemonics and memory
In general, the sequences used by mnemonics must make sense. It is considered that random mnemonics do not always collaborate with memory .
In this sense, and to avoid confusion, we must make clear the clear difference that exists between memory and mnemonics. Thus, while the first can be defined as the ability to enter, maintain and retrieve certain information; The second is a technique that is used to remember something.
Tools to promote information retention
There are techniques to increase the level of retention, such as creating words with the initials of each term that you want to memorize, creating mental boxes and numerical conversions.
In the case of the so-called mental lockers , it consists of creating a list of terms in the mind that are known and that have a certain order, which is linked to the words that are intended to be memorized. As for numerical conversions , the procedure lies in converting numbers into consonants and, with these consonants, building words by freely adding vowels.
Mnemonics help you remember.
Mnemonic techniques
Thus, as we have already mentioned previously, there are many and varied mnemonic techniques or tools. However, in these next lines we are going to present some of the most used or some of those that are considered most effective when it comes to remembering information regarding a specific matter:
Cartoon Technique. It basically consists of creating a unique story with all those elements that must be memorized.
Creative Prayer Technique. The objective of it is to construct a sentence that is formed by a series of elements that give us clues or establish the concepts that we have to remember.
Chain Technique. Whoever decides to carry out this will have to do is concatenate a series of words that are related and that are the key to remembering the main ideas of a specific topic.
Technique of places. In this specific case, said mnemonic tool consists of the person who uses it carrying out the association of each of the elements that must be remembered with a series of places that are very familiar to them since they are part of their daily life.
Let's look at an example of mnemonics:
To remember the measurement of a knot, which is equivalent to 1,852 kilometers per hour , the phrase "An eight without elbows" is used.